Attempts to ratify the treaty ending the…

Attempts to ratify the treaty ending the Ottoman-Afsharid War are impeded by Persia's insistence that a small Shiite sect, the Ja'fari, be declared orthodox, and by Ottoman haughtiness in torturing the ambassadors of Nadir Shah.

Nader Shah in 1743 declares war on the Turks and, after demanding the surrender of Baghdad, begins a long march to Constantinople.

However, when he learns that the Ottoman ulema (Muslim legal council) has made respectable a holy war against Persia, ...